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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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